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UNITED` STATES 'r L T orFICE.;

BROKS MARCELLUS, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINS, ASSIGNOR lO BARBER-QLMAN COM-PAN'Y, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, A OREQRATON 0F ILLINOIS.

STOPPING AND RESTARTN'G MECHANISM.

I Application led March 21, 19,24. Serial No. 700385..V

T all whom itl may conce/ra.' f n Be it known that I, 4Bacone*ManonLLUs, la citizen o1` the United States, residing at Rockford, inthe county oil lWinnebago and State of lllinois, have invented a certainnewand nsei'ul Stopping and Restarting Mechanism, ot which the followingis a specilication.

rlfhe invention relates to a mechanism for stopping and restarting atraveling carriage or the like, and while it is capable ot generalapplication it is especally adapted vfor use upon winders of the typeshown in the patent to Colman No. ,267,977 dated May 28, 1918. linsaidpatent there is disclosed a traveling Winder-tending mechanism arrangedto be automatically stopped upon the completion of each round trip andthen started after an idle period oi predetermined duration. rlhestopping and restart-L ing means included.switches tor controlling theflow ot current to the actuating motor. y ln the patent 'to Colman, No.Lflflflol, dated February 27, 1928, there is disclosed a n'iechanicallyoperating; stopping and restarting mechanism adapted to permit the motorwhich actuates the vwinder tender mechanism to operate continuously,thus eliminating the necessity of starting` the motor under load. Theobject oi' the present invention is to produce a mechanically operatingstopping and restarting mechanism which is in the nature of animprovement upon the mechanism described and claimed in said ColmanPatent No. 1,446,- el-l. i i

ln the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a iragn'ientary 'irontelevational view oli a Winder showing a winderetending mechanism in theposition which it occupies when stopped by my improvedv stopping andrestarting mechanism. Fig. 2 is a tragmeir tary sectional view talren inthe plane oi line 2-2 ot F ig'. l. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary elevationalsection illustrating `the clutch and associated part-s controlling thetravel oit' the tending mechanism. Fig. Li is a fragmentary sectionalview illustratinga detail ot construction. Fig. 5 is an end view ot theclutch controlling mechanism,tl1e cover plate ot the housing beingremoved and the rod extending` to the clutch operating rdevice beingshown in section. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view takensuostantially iu the plane et' line @-6 of Fig.

5. Figs. 7 and 8 are fragmentary horizontal sectional views takenrespectively in the planes-of lines 7 @-7 and 8-8 olt Fig. `5. Fif. 9 isa fragmentary vertical sectional view taken in the plane oi' line 2)9oli Fig. l) and showing the means which operates to restore certain oithe parts to normalposif tion after the tending mechanism has beenrestarted. Fig. 10 is a fragmentary iront elevational view of `thecontroller mechanism withtlie housing therefor breiten `away:

and shown in section to illustratedetails of construction. Fig. 1l is aview somewhat similar to Fig. G, but showing the partsfin a dillerentoperative relation. i Fig. 12 is a .il mately in line of 12-12 ot Fig.l.

My invention is herein ,shown as embodied in a machine generally similarto the one 'disclosedy in the above mentioned Patent No. 1,267,977.Reference may he made to said `patent for an understanding of theconstruction and operation-ot' the mechanism cooperating with thathereinillustrated. Y, J I

Briefly stated the winder embodies an endless elevated rail 86 (Figs. 1and 12) consistingot two straight parallel portions and semi-circularend sections. The windertending mechanism is arranged to travel on saidendless rail and thus comprises a car-,l

riage 88 having a dependingy `traine 89 (Fig. l2) at one end.

rail 86 and at the outer edge ot thel rail 86 there is an endless rack94 with which a driving pinion 93 of the winder tender mechanism isarranged to mesh. When the winder tending mechanism reaches one end otthe winder and the rollers -9`0 pass onto the semi-circular sections atthat end of the machine, the carriage 88 turns throughl an arc ot 180degrees. .f

The n Winder tending mechanism has mounted thereon an electric motorlO-S(Figs. 1 and 12) from which power is derived to actuate the tending"mechanism and to `cause it to travel on the rail 86. Power iscommunicated :trom the motor 103 to the pinion 93 and to the mechanismsthat operateon the Winder units. by means oi a belt 203 running 'from aApulley 20:1 on the'niotor armature shaft and over a pulley 205lrotatably mounted upon a shaft G (Figli). The rear side of the pulleyis provided with a The'` carriage is equipped` with rollers arranged'torun uponthey iragmentary sectional View taken approxi` taperedfrictionsurface 208 adapted to receive a correspondingly tapered friction clutchmember 209 fixed upon a sleeve 210 which is slidable upon the shaft 206.The sleeve, however, is connected to rotate with the shaft by means of aspline 210a. An eX- pansion spring 211 4surrounding they shaft andinterposed between a shouder212 thereon and flange 213 on the sleeve,tends no rmally to hold the clutch member 209 in engagement with theclutch member 208.

It is desirable that the Winder tending mechanism shall be ready tooperate upon the Successive winding units promptly after the bobbinsexhaust. The time required to empty a bobbin varies with the amount ofyarn thereon. it is therefore desirable that the travel of the tendingmechanism shall be subjectto control so that it may be varied whenchanges are made in the character of the yarn being wound.The,tendinginechanism is, therefore, interrupted in its` travel at oneen d of the Winder framework after y `each round trip and caused to waitfor such a length of time that the active bobbin of the neXt unit to beoperated upon shall almost certainly be exhausted before the Windertending mechanism reaches it. The length of the stoppage of the tendingmechanism is predetermined in accordance with' thelength of timenecessary to unwind the yarn from a maximum bobbin of the kind beinghandled regularly on the machine.

At the end of each complete round trip of the tending mechanism, anelement carried by the tending mechanism is caused to disengage theclutch 208-209, thereby suspending the travel of the cariiage rllheelement referred to is in the present instance in the fornil of an arm700 (Fig. 1) .which is fast upon the outer end of la horizontal 'rockshaft 701 (Fig. 12) mounted on the carriage 88. Upon the opposite orinner end of said shaft 701 is a second arm 702 (Fig.

3) which lies in Contact with a pin 7 03y carried by the upper end ofone arm of a spring controlled bell crank 703g. The shaft 701, it willbe seen, is mounted to turn in suitable brackets 7 04 and 7 05 (Figs. 3and 12)'.

Intlie travel of the carriage 88 the lower end of the arm 700 is carriedinto Contact with the upper end of lever 7 07 which is pivoted at 708upon a. bracket 709 suitably supported by the winder frame work. Itwillv be observed that if the lever 707 is held stationary the arm 7 00engaging` therewith will be swung to rock the shafty 701 and therebyactuate the arm 702 to disengage the clutch 208-209, with the resultthat the travel of the carriage is interrupted. Also it will be notedthat when the lever 707 is permitted to swing under the pressure of theclutch spring 211 transmitted through the arm 700, the latter will passover the lever and then resume its normal position under the action ofsaid clutchspring, thus effecting the re-engageinent of the clutch 208-209. I have provided means for controlling 4the lever707 in order thatit may in turn control the operation of the arm 700 and the consequentoperation of the clutch, and this means provides a timing mechanismwhereby the duration of the period during which the winder tendingmechanism is at rest may be regulated as desired. Such means will now bedescribed:

The shaft 715 (Figs. 1 and 6) is driven in any suitable manner, as bybeing directly connected to the cani shaft 716 (Fig. 1) of the winder.Said shaft 715 is journaled in the upper'end of a housing 717 which ispreferably mounted upon the end of the unit-carrying bar 718 of thewinder. The end of the shaft 715 (Fig. 6) may be mounted in a iollerbearing 719 suitably supported in an inner wall 720 forming part of anoil chamber 721. In said chamber is mounted a worm wheel 722 on a shaft723, and meshing with said wheel is a worm '724 on the driving shaft715. The shaft 723 is journaled on another wall 7211 of the oil chamberand projects through its wall as shown in Fig. 7. Eccentrically mountedon the shaft 723 is a pawl 725 which is arranged to engage with ratchetteeth 726 on the periphery of a disk 727. The latter is journaled upon ashaft 728 (Fig. 8) which in turn is journaled in opposite walls ofthehousing 717.

lhen the arm 700 on the tending mechanism engages the upper end of thelever 7 07, the force of the clutch spring 211 is transmitted to saidlever in a manner such as to tend to swing the lever on its pivot 708(Fig. 1). For holding the lever against such swinging movement until theexpiration of the period allowed for the tending mechanismv to remain atrest, I provide means, controlled by the operation of the disk 727, forlocking the lever 707 against movement for the arm 700. rlhis meanscomprises two interlocking parts 729 and 730, one of which, 729, is inthe form of a lever pivoted between its ends ona shaft 7 31 (Fig. 6)mounted in the lower portion of the housing 717. One arm of this leverdepends through a slot 732 in the bottom of the housing, and is bent atsubstantially right angles for connection with the rod 733, the oppositeend of which is connected to the lower end of the lever 707. The otherone of said parts is in the form of an arm mounted on the shaft 728` Yprojection 735 on the lever 729 by means of a weight 737 (Fig. 9) fixedto a bellcrank lever 738 mounted on a rock shaft 739 journalled in theframework. The weight'7 37 1s carried by one arm of said lever, and thevother arm is pivotally connected Vto the lower end of the arm 730.

The engagement of the projections 735, 736 is of such a character thatwhen the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 9, upward movement ofthe lower end ofthe lever 729 by the force of the clutch spring, isprevented. Consequently, until the interlocking parts are disengaged theclutch 208, 209 is disengaged, causing the Winder tend ing mechanism toremain at rest. It is the function of the disk 7 27 slowly actuated bythe pawl and ratchet 725-7 26 to disengage the parts 729- 7 30 after theexpiration of the predetermined period allowed for the tending mechanismto remain at rest. This is accomplished byl'ineansf of.- a stud 740(Fig. 6) carried by the disk 727 and arranged to engagea lug 741 on thearm 730, the arrangement being such that in the rotation of the disk thestud in its travel engages the lug 741 and swings the arm 730 to carrythe projection 735 free ofthe projection 7 36 (Fig. 6). Vhen theprojections are thus disengaged, it will be apparent, the lever 729 isfree to swing under the action of the clutch spring 211, so that thelever 707 is actuated to release the arm 700 and permit the engagementof the clutch to start the Winder-tending mechanism.

Upon such operation of the lever 729, the movement of the disk by thepawl and ratchet 725, 7 26v is interrupted and the disk restored to itsinitial or starting position. The means for interrupting the operationof the disk comprises a pivoted linger 742 connectedv by means of a link743 with an arm 744 onthelever 729. rIlhe finger 742 is arranged toengage a stud .745 on thefree end of the pawl 725, and also a stud 746on the free end of a holding pawl 747.

The initial position of the disk 727 is determined by a stoppin 748 on asecond disk 749, the disk 7 27 having a co-acting stop pin 750 on theside opposite the stud 740 for this purpose. Upon the disengagement ofthe pawls 72V, 7 47 from the ratchet teeth 726, the disk is reverselyrotated until the stop pin 750 engages with the stop pin 748, by meansof a torsion spring 751 coiled about the hub of the disk 7 27 and havingone end anchored to therdisk and its opposite end to the arm 7 3 It willbe understood that the time at which `the lng 741 disengages theinterlocking parts 729, 730 depends upon `the location of the stop pin 748. In order that the in one face of the detent.

position of said stop pin may conveniently be altered when a change 1smade 1n the character of the yarn masses to be unwound, i

the `disk 749 is arranged to'be adjusted by means of a turn button 751mounted on a forward extension ofthe shaft 728, the disk 749 being keyedto said shaft so as to be rotatable by theturn button.` Normally thedisk 749 is held against `rotation by a detent 752 (Figs. 4, 5- and 10)mounted in a vertical bearing 753 in the bottom wall Vof the housing andpressed by means of a spring 754 into engagement with teeth 7 55 on theperiphery of the disk. The turn-button 751 preferably has rigidtherewith a dial` 7 56 co-'acting with a suitable point on the faceu ofthe housing through .which the shaft 728 extends, to facilitate theadjustmcntfof'the stop 748 in accordance with the period which it maybe. `desired to provide for the `tending mechanism to remain at rest.fAs shown in F ig. 4 the detent 752'is held `'against rotationby meansof a set screw 757 entered into a vertical groove 7 58 To release thedetent from' the teeth 755 it has a notch 759 therein to which accessmaybe had through an opening 760 in one wall of the tubular member 753.e

It may sometimes happen that the winderr tending mechanism will notcomplete its travel vby the time the stud740 'on the controlling diskoperates to disengage the parts 729, 730. In such event it will beapparent, the clutch spring is not placed under tension so thatthelever729 would not be operated to disengage the pawl 725 from the ratchet726. As a consequence the stud 740 would continue to operate andobviously the mechanism would suffer damage. To avoid this'possibility Iprovide a gap 761 in the ratchet teeth of alength equal to, say sevenwith vrespect to the stud 740 'so that after the latter has operated tomore `the projection 735 clear of theprojection 736 the gap in the teethwill move into position below the pawl '725, rendering it inoperative toturn the disk further.

As shown in Figs. provide for the manual operation of `the clutch 208,209 by means ef a hand lever 762 which is rigid with the bell crank 703pivotcd at 763 in the framework. Also I provide for the manualtripping'of the timer mechanism when `it is desired to start thetraveling carriage without waitingfor the expiration of thepredetermined rest period, this manual operation of the trippingmechanism being accomplished by means of hand lever 764 (Fig. y2) rigidwith the rock shaft 739.

It will be understood that the chamber 721 containing the worm gearing722, 7 24, is partially filled with a suitable lubricant in` 3 and 12, Ipreferably under the action of the clutch spring l211` troduced throughthe top which has a removable coer plate 765. Also it will be apparentaccess to the mechanism in the housing may be had through a removableside wall or cover plate `706 (Fig. l0). l

By way ot` summary the operationis follows:

The Winder-tending mechanism y when nearing the completion oi a roundtrip, and pielin'iinary to starting upon a new set ci' units, is broughtto rest by theV operation of the arm 700 engaging` the lever-707 andactuating the rock shaft 7 011, arm 702 thereon, sleeve2l0 and clutch208, 209.' vThe lever 707 is normally held against swinging movement bythe arm 700, by interlocking parts l729, 730 (F ig. 9) havinginterengaging projections 735, 7 30. The disk 727 is meanwhile being'rotated at a slow speed by means of the pawl and ratchet mechanism 725,726, and after the expiration of ,zi-.predetermined LIS length of timethe stud 7&0 on the disk.

strikes the lug 741.011 the arm 7 80 and care ries the projection 735clear of the projection 736. rlhe lever 7 29 is now free to movetransmitted through the rock shaft 701, arm 700 and lever 707, whereuponthe, clutch 208, 209 becomes re-engaged and the winder tending mechanismrestarted for another round trip. Simultaneously with the release ot thearm` 700 by thek operationr of the lever 707, the rotation of the disk727is interrupted by the movement of the pawl 725 by the linger 7 42 andlink 748, which latter is connected to the lever 729. Finally the spring751 acts to restore the disk 727 to its initial position as determinedby the position of the stop pin v748; and the arm 700 having passed overthe lever 707, the lever 7 29 moves by the action of gravity into itsinitial position while the jarm 7 30 is swung by the weight 7 37 causingthe projections 7 35 and 7 36 to re-engage and lock the parts togetherfor the next operation.

To .limit the upward movement of the pawl 725,av pin 767 is provided(Fig. 5). This pin projects inwardly from the front wall of the housing.

lThev adjustment of the stop pin 7 48 may be facilitated by theprovision of a stud 768 with which said pin is arranged to engage, thearrangement being such thatthe stud serves as a Zero stop to assist indetermining the position of the disk V7 L19.V I claim as my invention:

1..In a winder, the combination of a traveling. carriage, a controlelement therefor, means acting` upon the'control element to cause'it tostop the carriage at a prede-iv terinined point in its travel, and meansoperating to cause the control element to permitl the carriageto resume'its travel after they lapse of a predeterminedinterval including atiming member and a part actuated by said (Fig. i)

member as the latter moves in one direction, and means operable in themovement of said part tol eitect a return oi the timing ineinbei' to itsinitial starting` position.

2. rIvhe combination vof a traveling carn riage, and meansl for stoppinghe carriage and restarting it after the lapse of a predeterminedinterval including af control ele? nient, means adapted to holdthecontrol element in a position to stop the carriage,A

means for rendering said holding means inoperative so as to restart thecarriage including a tiiining disk arranged to be driven in onedirection at a low rate ot speed, and means operable to restorethetiming disk to an rinitial or starting position as the control elementoperates to restart the carriage.

3. The combination of a traveling carriage, means for actuating thecarriage including a spring actuated clutch, a leverv mounted on a fixedaxis, a member on said Ycarriagek adapted to engagcvwith said lever tooperate' the clutch and thereby interrupt the travel ot the carriage,and means for .holding said lever against movement by the clutch springincluding a second lever connected with the iirst lever, and positivelyacting means normally holding the second lever against swingingmovement.

Li, The combination of a traveling car. riage, means for stopping thecarriage inits travel,.fincludingla controlling element on vthecarriage, a member mounted to turn on a stationary axis and adapted tobe engaged by said element, a lever pivotally connected yto said member,and means for controlling *means to stop the operation of a travelingcarriage onl the frame.`

6. In a winder, means 'for stopping and restarting a traveling carriageincluding a pivoted membeigand means for holding said lever againstswinging movement during a predetermined interval of time including anarm normally in interlocking engagement with said lever, adisk formoving said arm out ot its holdingI position, and means for 1 actuatingsaid disk through a. predetermined range of travel. j

7. In a Winder, means for stopping and restarting a traveling carriageincluding a pivoted member, and means for holding said lever againstswinging movement during a. predetermined interval of time includ ing anai'ni normally in interlocking engagement with said lever, a disk formoving said arm out of its holding position, and a paivl and-ratchetmechanism for actuating said disk, said lever being operable in itsmovement when released by the holding member to render the paivl andratchet mechanism inoperative.

8. The combination of means for controlling the operation of a'travelingcarriage, including a pivoted member, and means for controlling themovement of saidmember including a constantly driven shaft, a diskarranged to be driven `from said shaft, a lever connected with saidiiieniber,"iiieaiis controlled bysaiddisk in its operation adaptednormally to hold said lever against pivotal movement, and meanscontrolled by the operation of said lever for interrupting the travel ofsaid disk.

9. The combination with a control element, of means tending tchold saidelement against movement during apredetermined period oftime including alever, an arni normally in interlocking engagement With saidlever, adisk arranged to move said arm into an inoperative position, a paivl andratchet mechanism for moving said disk in one direction and a` springfor moving the Adisk in the opposite direction, and means operable asthe arm moves into its inoperative position to render the paivl andratchet mechanism inoperative and permit the `operation of the disk byits spring.

10. The combination with a control element and means tending to movesaid element in one direction, of'means preventing such movement for apredetermined length of time comprising a lever operatively connectedWith said element, a pivoted arm, means on said lever and said armnormally tending to interlock to hold the lever against movement, aconstantly rotating shaft, and

means driven by said shaft at a reduced speed adapted to swing said armto disengage said interlocking means.

ll. The combination with a control element and means tending to movesaid ele ment in one direction, of means preventing `such movement for apredetermined'length of time comprising a pivot-ed member open ativclyconnected with said element,a second 'pivoted member, mean-s elfectingan interlocking engagement between said members, a constantly drivenshaft, a second shaft having a gearing connection with the first shaft,a paivl mounted eccentrically on the second shaft, a disk havingvratchet teeth adapted for Vengagement by said paivl, and means on said-disk adapted to actuate one of said members to disengage the other oneof said members.

12., The combination of a 'contr-al veleicfient and meanstending tomovesaid element in one direction., of means for preventing such movementfor a predetermined length of time, comprising apivcted memberoperatively connected With said element, a second pivoted member, meanseffecting an interlocking engagement between said members, a constantlydriven shaft,` a secon-d shaft having a gearing connection with the`nrst shaft, a pavvl mounted cccentrically on the second shaft, a diskhaving ratchet teeth adapted for engagement with said paivl, means onsaid disk adapted to actuate one of said members to disengage the otherone of said members therefrom, and means connecting one of said memberswith said pavvl to `move it into inoperative position upon thedisengagement of the tivo members.

13. rlhe combination. with a control element and means tending to movesaid elenient in one direction, of means preventing such movement for apredeterminedlength of time comprising a` pivotedmember op erativelyconnected with said element, means normally holding said member againstmovement, and means for rendering said holding means inoperativecomprising a rotatable part, a spring tendiiigto rotate said part in onedirection, a pavvl and ratchet mechanism tending to rotate said part inthe opposite direction, and means operable inthe movement of said memberto render thepavvl and ratchet mechanisml inoperative. A

ll. The combinationvv'ith a control ele- 100 ment and means tending tomove said element inone direction, of means preventing such movement fora predetermined length of time comprisinga pivoted member, means tendingto hold said member against move` 105 ment including a pivoted armhaving yielding means normally holding it in opera-V tive relation tosaid member, automatic mechanism for swinging the arm after theexpiration ofa predetermined period of 110 time whereby to release saidmember, and means manually operable to siving the arm."

l5. The combination with `a control ele ment and means tending to'movesaid element in one direction, of means preventing 115 `such niovementfor a predetermined lengtl'i of time comprising a pivotcd member opHeratively connected with said element, means normally tending to holdsaid meinber against n'iovement, and automatically 120 operatingmechanism forv rendering 'said holding meansineflective comprising aldisk, means for driving the disk in one direction lat a 'slow' speed,spring means tending to move Vthe disk in aniopposite direction, andadjustable means, for limiting the movement of the disk bythe springmeanscomA prisiiig a second disk mounted coeaxially with inspectie theiirst disk, means riorinall'y holding? second disk againstrota p lil@tion, and means for rotating the second disk c manuallyv indepenentofthe first disk.

16. The combination with a control element and means tending to movesaid element in one directionof means preventing such movement for apredetermined length of time comprising a pivoted member, and meansautomatically operable to release said member for movement after theexpiration of the predetermined period of time comprising a disk, ashaft on which said disk is mounted to turn, means for driving the diskin one direction at a lovv speed, spring means tending to rotate thedisk in the oppositedirection, means operable upon the movement of saidmember to release vthe disk for operation by said spring means, andadjustable means for determining the eri-- tent of movement of the diskby the spring means comprising a second disk rigid with said shaft andmeans for manually rotating the shaft. c

17. The combination' with a control element and means tending to movesaid element in one direction, 0f means for preventing` such movementfor a vpredetermined length of time comprising a pivoted member, andmeans automatically operable to release said member for movement afterthe expiration of-the predetermined period of time, said meanscomprising a disk, a shaft on which said disk is mounted to turn, meansfor driving the disk in one direction Iat a l-ovv speed, spring meanstending to rotate the disk in an opposite direction, means op' i erableupon the movement of said member to releasethe disk for operation bysaid spring means, and adjustable means for determini-ng the extent ofmovement of the disk by the spring means comprising a second disk rigidwith said shaft, means for manually rotating the shaft, and meansnormally tending to hold said disk against movement including a detentand teeth on the second disk for enga-gement by said detent.

18. The combi-nation ivith a part to be moved, of a rotary memberoperable to move said part, means tending to move said member in onedirection, a spring tending to move said member in the oppositedirection., a toothed disk, means for holding said disk againstoperation, means carried by said Vdisk for determining the extent ofmovement Vof said rotary member by said spring,

and a turn button rigid with said disk operable to rotate it, saiddetent being movable to perm-it the rotation of saidfdisk by saidbutton, Y p

V19. The combinationjof a housing, a shaft mounted to turn in saidhousing, aV second shaft journaled in the housing and constantly driven,a disk journaled on the firstmentioned sha-ft, means in said housingoperatively connected With the second shaft for rotating saidA disk inone direction, spring means tending to rotate the disk in the oppositedirection, a second diskfixed upon the first-mentioned shaft Within thehousing, a dial rigid with the first shaft.A upon the outer side of thehousing, means on the second disk adaptedV to limit the movement of thefirst disk by said spring means, and a releasable detent for holding the.second disk in a fixed position.

20. The combination of a housing having a chamber in the upper portionthereof, a constantly driven shaft journaled in the Walls of saidchamber, a, second shaft also journaled in one Wall of the chamber,reduction gearing between said shafts Within the chamber, said `secondshaft projecting through the chamber into the housing, a ratchetdiskmounted to turn in the housing, a pawl eccentrically mounted on saidsecond shaft and adapted to engage with said disk to rotate it in onedirection, and a part arranged to' be operated in the travel of saiddisk after the expiration of a pre determined length vo-f time.

21. The combination of a housing having a chamber in the upperportionthereof, a constantly ldriven shaft journaled in the Walls of saidchamber, a second shaft also journaled in one Wall of the chamber,reduction gearing between said shafts Within the chamber, said secondshaft projecting through the chamber into lthe housing, a ratchet diskmounted lto turn in the housing, a pawl eccentrically mounted on saidsecond shaft and adapted to engage with said disk to rotate it in onedirection, a part arranged to be operated in the travel of said diskafter the expiration of a predetermined length of time, meansoperatively as` sociated with said part adapted in its movement todisengage said pawvl from the ratchet disk, and means for restoring',the ratchet disk to an initial position when released kby thenjiovement'of said pawl.

22. In a Winder, the combination` of a traveling carriage, meansoperable to interrupt the travel of the carriage for a predeterminedlength of time comprising a constantly driven shaft, a rotary member, asecond shaft having a gearing connection with the first shaft foroperation thereby at a reduced speed, a pawl and ratchet mechanismactuatedby the second shaft for rotating saidrotary member in onedirection, spring means tending yto rotate said member in theoppositedirection, a pivoted member, means tending to hold said pivotedmember against movement, means operable lbysaid disk to render saidholding means inoperative, and means operating when the pivoted member1s released by said holding means to restart the carriage in its travel.

Q3. In a Winder, the combination of traveling carriage, means includinga con-` vIso Y' Y Leraars trol element operable as the CarriageappromiheeI a predetermined position to inter-k rupt its` movement, andmeans automatically operabie to canse the earriagerto resume itsti'ei'el alter the expira-tion oi' a predetermined period of timeComprising` a rotary nien'i'ber and a paivl and ratchet n'ieehanismV forrotating` Said member at a low Vepeed whereby to etlect the operation ofthe control element after the lapse oi' a predetermined time.

24. rlhe combination of a travelling earriage and means `for stoppingthe Carriage and restarting it after the lapse of a pre-` determinedinterval including a control ele ment, means adapted to hold theoontrolelement in a position to stop thevoarriage including a lookin@member, and means for rendering said holding means inoperative so as torestart thefearriage including a timing' device, arranged to operate inone,V direction at a low rateof speed and acting at apredeteri'ninedpoint kin such operation to engage `said"looking member to move it.

25. In an appaiatua oi' the character described, the combination WithaControl ele ment of a timing` device :for governing the operation of thecontrol element at a predetermined time, a pair of normallyinterloek mgmembers, one 0l" which is operatively aseoelated Witheaid controlelement and the other of which is arranged to be engaged by Said timing'device for movement thereby into inoperative position.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto aiiixed my Signature.

" Bnoone MARGELLUS.

